A Reddit user said the whole thing happened while he was traveling cross-country for a golf trip with friends. According to his comment in the thread, he had flown into Charlotte with his Sig P365XL checked legally on the flight, but his golf buddies were not getting in until around 11 p.m. He landed at about 6, had time to shower and settle in, and then walked from his hotel to a burger place nearby to grab food. Nothing about the setup sounded unusual. He had time to kill, he was hungry, and he was just waiting for his friends to arrive later that night.
He wrote that while waiting on his food, he got up to use the restroom. The bathroom itself had a weird layout. When you opened the door, there was an empty area first, and then the actual urinal and stall were farther in. He said the room was empty when he walked in. He stepped up to the urinal and started taking a leak. About a quarter of the way through, another man walked in abruptly and stopped in that weird empty area near the door rather than coming all the way into the room. The commenter looked over his shoulder to see who had come in. He said the guy looked homeless, but at first he did not immediately get a terrible vibe off him. Even so, his guard was up because he was standing there with his back partially turned and his pants open.
Then the man started talking.
According to the comment, he asked, “hey man, you want to buy some deodorant spray?” The commenter said no thanks and tried to keep it simple. But the stranger pressed harder. He offered “2 big Dove spray cans for $10.” The commenter wrote that the man’s demeanor had shifted a little by then — not wildly aggressive yet, but more demanding than before. That was enough to make him take note of it. He said that because he still had his back to the man and was in an awkward position, he tried to defuse the whole thing by offering him $5 for nothing, just to get him out of the room without a confrontation.
That did not work.
He wrote that the man answered, “I’m not giving you both cans for $5.” The commenter clarified that he did not want the cans at all and repeated that he would just give him $5. Then the whole thing changed. As he was finishing up and turning slightly to look back over his shoulder while putting himself back together, the man said, “or I could just stab you and take all your money.” The Reddit user said that was all he needed to hear. He did not write that he saw the knife at that moment, but he made it very clear he did not think the line was a joke in the slightest.
According to the story, he drew his P365 from appendix carry and had it pointed at the man’s center mass almost immediately. The reaction was instant. He said the man bolted — and he meant bolted. In his words, he had never seen someone move so fast. He described the guy opening the door and slipping out in what felt like a millisecond. He did not chase him. Instead, he stayed in the bathroom, put his back against the wall, and tried to come down from the adrenaline dump. He admitted he was hyperventilating a little and said he genuinely believed that if he had not drawn, the man would have stabbed him.
He stayed honest about the aftermath too. Another commenter later asked whether he went back out and ate the food. He answered that he did not. He tipped his waitress $20, told her to cancel the order, and left because he had no appetite after that. Other people in the thread also asked whether he called police. That part turned into its own debate, because he was in a bathroom, the man had fled, and he sounded unsure what the best move even was after an encounter that fast. But the actual event he described was simple and ugly enough on its own: a restaurant bathroom, a strange man pitching deodorant spray while blocking the room, a sudden threat about stabbing him and taking his money, and a defensive draw that ended the whole thing in one second.
What do you think — if a stranger cornered you in a restaurant bathroom and casually shifted from selling deodorant to threatening to stab you, would you have believed him right away like this guy did?
Original Reddit post: Has anyone ever had to use their gun before?
